Smyrna times., 1887-04-13
The Second Peach Meatinr

The meeting held at the Town Hall
on Saturday afternoon and largely at.
tended was supplementary to the first
John II. Hotecker, chairman and G.
B. Taylor, secretary. The following
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
ResoLUed, That it is the sense of this meet
ing to request the railroad authorities to
remit the charges on return baskets. and If
such remission cannot thus be obtained To
present tnls subject by petition to the In
ter-state Commerce Commission.
ResotUed. That peach baskets. whether
made of wood or paper, or other material
OF not reduced in price or not through the
competition of manufacturers, shall not be
gwen away by our commission men. and
that, 10 matter how low the prices NAV be
we shall insist on the return of baskets tn
their owners, and will not accept baskets
of mixed marks.
Resoiped, That the executive committee
be, and are requested to correspond with
New York produce dealers who have sold
peaches for us, and, if need be. to meet
them either there OF here and to ascertain
who among them will agree to sell our
peaches according to the old custom and
return our baskets.
ResotUed, That it is the interest of our
peach growers to unite in the effort to hiring
buyers of peaches from the chief city mar
ket to Clayton and cooperate with the CLAW
ton exchange. ''
Before the resolutions were adopted
d. J. Cummins stated that he had been
revolving in his mind whether it wouId
not be better to have our basket the
size of the New Jersey and Hudson
river basket, viz As or half busbel
but on more mature reflection that the
Peninsular basket of ( had an estab.
llshed reputation Ofyears in the general
market, that the mills were fitted IN to
make and the cars to carry them. and
that the freight and commission rates
were not likely to be reduced, he had
concluded it better not to advise anv
change.
VIM. H. Money, who has been
among the commission men of New
York since the last meeting, was called
on to give in his isexperience. He said he
found them united, strong and firm for
the gift basket" backed bv the oro-
GERS, not finding but two who wonId
guarantee their return. He reported
another phase existing among the
commission men that ELECTED consid-
cradle interest because it showed thew
were not all ruled by spirit of hog
ishness, Several we'll known firms weTa
named who were willing to sell peaches
Tor per cent. commission for Z Der
cent metz instead of 10 per cent as for
merly, and to charge three instead of
four cents for carriage. CONSIDERING
that baskets are to be charged hereaf-
ter as return freight, they considered
the difference to the shipper would be
incOnsiderable.
The paper basket to which we allud-
ed last week was exhibited bv Cbas IT
Register and was carefully and inter.
estedly examined The general YER
dict was that as gift basket" it was
the thing, bat for four or five shipments
(which they thus far tenaciouslv hold
to- it would need considerable stiflan-
ing in the rims. Also, that for rainy
weather 1t would need, to be more i'm
pervious to water, ali of which it is
thought can be easily remedied.
Another basket or device for carry
ing peaches was exhibited, butt looked
so much like Gatling gun that it was
put on the platform where it could not
be handled for fear it would 90 off
In the general tone and remarks of
those who took part in the meeting IL
was very evident that the growers are
IN no mood to yield to the purposes of
the commission and grocerymen of
New York.
Before closing Alex. G.. Cummins
asked the privilege of few moments
to touch up" several opposing char
acters. 1t was readily granted. for the
growers having delivered themselves
by resolution and otherwise. were
ready fora change from the grave To
the gay, Mr.. Cummins entered the |
ring with whip in hand, (metarhopical- |
ly speaking) and brought his characters
one by one before the audience to their |
evident amusement. Mr.. Cummins |
mas fluent style of Oratory properly |
emphasized with gesture, with an an. |
prOpriate play Of irony and satire as |
suited his particular subject. A copv
OF the Fdrm and Garden which had /
editOrially endorsed the free basket'i
purpose of the New Workers. was held
up as an enemy Of the farmers who /
were expected TO support it. the editor
Or reporter of the New York Grocer
was likewise hagellated and skined,
while Mr.. Edwards, President of the
PRODUCE Exchange was scalped and
With equal grace and effectiveness
Davis had head put on
llm" for some impertinent remarks.
Mr.. Cummins who is as facile with the
lead as the living languages in making
striking description, fortified one strong
POINT after another with a header.H
ma LEFT the enemy when he had fred
MS last round m the condition of a bat
allon after aneneounter with mitrail-
euse.
There can be no better Shirt than
he "Que," sold by J. B. Cooper only.